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HP Part Number: B3813-90013

First Edition

Printed in: U.S.A. 1994

Table of Contents

Introducing the HP 3000 Series 9X8LX
In This Book
Related Manuals
Caution Symbol
1 What Is a Computer?
Parts and Pieces—Seen and Unseen
Hardware
Software
Files
What Are Programs?
How Do Programs Do What They Do?
The Idea Behind Computing
Your mental computer
So a computer is....
What computers do
Interruptions
Shutdowns
Backups
System too busy
What to do
2 Where Am I? Logging On Computer?
Maintaining Order
Gaining Admission
Starting a Session
When you log on
I have logged on—now where am i?
Where is that file?
Session names
Password protection
Logging on without a group
Shared group
SYS—A Special Account
MANAGER.SYS
OPERATOR.SYS
The PUB group
The account manager
3 What Are Files?
Where Are Files?
Disk memory
File recording
Pointing to the right pieces
The naming of files
The Location of Files
File names and logons
Types of files
Execution or information
Mnemonics
The File Connection
Devices
The file equation connection
Input default for PRINT
Redirecting STORE
Configuration--teaching the computer
Spool files/print files
4 Here I Am— What Can I Do?
Capabilities
Who Can, Who Cannot...
In charge of the entire system
In charge, day to day
In charge of an account
At the group level
Users
If you log on in...
Other capabilities
Access control definitions (ACDs)
User and Group IDs
Can I...?
Programs
Commands
Starting Programs
Starting with the RUN command
Starting without the RUN command
Starting with the XEQ command
5 Where Does the Information Go?
To and From Your Terminal
What computers "know"
Understanding your command
Acting on your command
Destinations for Information
Computer memory
Disk--saving information
Tape--protecting information
Printers
Spool Files/Print files
Output spool files
Input spool files
6 Behind the Scenes
Why Numbers?
Binary notation
ASCII code
A Practical Problem
Addition--Computer Problem Solving
7 Commands
Types of Commands
Restricted commands
Console commands
Command Parameters
Optional parameters
Required parameters
Help with Commands
Syntax diagrams
Variables and keywords
The elements of syntax
Defaulted or Omitted Parameters
PRINT--A Closer Look
8 Command Files and Jobs
Command Files
Jobs and Job Files
Job or Session?
Starting jobs through HP Easytime/iX
Starting jobs through MPE/iX Commands
When You Run a Job
At the start
Job priority
Getting over the fence
Scheduling
Errors and your job listing
Index

List of Figures

1-1 The Parts on Your Desk
2-1 Files in Groups, Groups in Accounts
2-2 Files—In Groups, In Accounts
2-3 Hierarchical File System
4-1 Your Account Manager

List of Tables

3-1 Summary of MPE/iX CI Limits
7-1 Wildcard Characters: @ ? #
7-2 Syntax Elements
   


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